The type was designed by William Robert Rowan, Managing Director of the Scandia Company of Copenhagen, Denmark.

[1] The power unit was built by Kitson and Company (b/n T69 of 1883) of Leeds, England, who were also sole agent for the type in the Australasian Colonies.

[2] As built it was double deck with a capacity of 60 passengers and 490 cu ft (14 m3) of goods.

[4] On 1 July 1883 it was test run between Lancefield Road and Sunbury where it was able to haul up to 30 tons in addition to its own weight and reach up to 30 mph (48 km/h) on level track.

[5] It ran in regular local service between Camberwell and Box Hill for one month and was also test run to Lilydale.

[6] For most of the 1880s, it ran local trains between Essendon and Broadmeadows where it was known unofficially as the "Broady Car".

[1] In 1888, the Victorian Railways turned it into a second steam motor called Rowan Car No.

One was involved in an accident on 21 November 1907 which killed Alexander Sanderson and his son Marshall.